diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
index 9ad7c52fa05c2c7512ded6412e40a524938768d2..8ee17c4ffdd0eccac9cc95d27c979db7aa3be1f0 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 #include <daemon/backend/data/chunk_storage.hpp>
 #include <daemon/util.hpp>
 
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #ifdef GKFS_ENABLE_AGIOS
 #include <daemon/scheduler/agios.hpp>
 #endif
@@ -389,6 +394,45 @@ initialize_loggers() {
     gkfs::log::setup(logger_names, level, path);
 }
 
+string
+get_host_default(){
+    char          buf[1024];
+    struct ifconf ifc;
+    struct ifreq *ifr;
+    int           sck;
+    int           nInterfaces;
+    int           i;
+
+    /* Get a socket handle. */
+    sck = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+    if(sck < 0){
+        perror("socket");
+        return ""s;
+    }
+
+    /* Query available interfaces. */
+    ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(buf);
+    ifc.ifc_buf = buf;
+    if(ioctl(sck, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) < 0){
+        perror("ioctl(SIOCGIFCONF)");
+        return ""s;
+    }
+
+    /* Iterate through the list of interfaces. */
+    ifr         = ifc.ifc_req;
+    nInterfaces = ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(struct ifreq);
+    for(i = 0; i < nInterfaces; i++){
+        struct ifreq *item = &ifr[i];
+
+        if(strcmp(item->ifr_name, "lo") != 0)
+            return inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)&item->ifr_addr)->sin_addr);
+    }
+    if(nInterfaces > 0)
+        return inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in *)&(&ifr[0])->ifr_addr)->sin_addr);
+    return ""s;
+}
+
+
 /**
  *
  * @param vm
@@ -430,7 +474,8 @@ parse_input(const po::variables_map& vm) {
         }
     } else {
         if(rpc_protocol != gkfs::rpc::protocol::ofi_verbs)
-            addr = gkfs::rpc::get_my_hostname(true);
+            addr = get_host_default();
+
     }
 
     GKFS_DATA->rpc_protocol(rpc_protocol);
@@ -512,7 +557,7 @@ main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
             "Metadata directory where GekkoFS' RocksDB data directory is located. If not set, rootdir is used.");
     desc.add_options()(
             "listen,l", po::value<string>(),
-            "Address or interface to bind the daemon to. Default: local hostname.\n"
+            "Address or interface to bind the daemon to. Default: First non-localhost interface.\n"
             "When used with ofi+verbs the FI_VERBS_IFACE environment variable is set accordingly "
             "which associates the verbs device with the network interface. In case FI_VERBS_IFACE "
             "is already defined, the argument is ignored. Default 'ib'.");